[KLUG Members] Samba bug or feature?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 09:16, Bruce Smith wrote:
> I upgraded from Samba 1.9.something to 2.2.3a and there is an annoying
> difference.  Previously machines without a network login were able to
> browse certain directories and use printers with the "guest account".
> Now it's asking for a password on the guest account.  Previously the
> account didn't have a password ("*" in /etc/passwd), but I had to assign
> it one, and it has to be correct before anyone can browse the server or
> connect to these shares.  The shares in question have "guest ok"
> specified in smb.conf.
> If I have to give the guest account a password, how is that any
> different than a normal account now???

A _lot_ of logic, let alone various defaults, have changed from 1.9 to
2.0 and even more from 2.0 to 2.2.  The best suggestion I can give you
is to create a new smb.conf "clean," create a few "example" shares, so
you can see the various changes, then integrate in all your old shares. 

In 2.0/2.2, there are various settings for how "guest" gets mapped. 
Trial and error is the best way to learn them, or read the extra
documentation outside of the smb.conf man page.

-- Bryan

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